Chain tool



H. POWERS.

CHAIN TOOL.

FILED DEC-6.192!- Jan. 9, 19234. 11,441,944.

lt atented elltttlilh lil CHAIN T001.

amine-non filed llecemher e, ieai.

To a/ZZ 'LOitOlYb it may concern lie it known that lilonaon Pownns, a citizen ot the United Statesot' ninerica, residing at liiounds, in the county of Greek and State of Oklahoma, has invented new and useful improvements in Chain Tools, of which the following; is specification.

The object oi the invention is to provide a tool for facilitating the tensioning; and holding of a cylinder transmission chain during}; the fastening or locking of the eX- trcinities thereo'i to avoid the inconvenience ordinarily experienced in nroijx-irly adjusting the chain to avoid lost motion and in positioning the fastening means while the required tension 01" the chain n'laintained; and with this object in View the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred enlliiodinient is shown in the accompanying drawings, wl'ierein Figure l is a side view of a chain tool enihodying the invention.

l :i;,;ure is an edge View ot' the same.

Figure 8 is a transwersr-v section on the plane indicated by the line 3-3 oi. liigure i 'llhe tool essentially oi the pliers or pinchers type having intersecting levers pivotally connected at 110 and extended in opposite directions thereiroin to term the handles 11 and jaw carrying arms 12, upon the latter oi. which are mounted jaws i3 oi. a toothed construction adapted especially :for engaging; the linlrs of a transmission or motion connnunicatingr chain of the type indicated under conditions serving to maintain an even tension throughout the width of the chain and thus insure holdingthe same in the proper position to be perinanently connected. n the constriiiction ill strated. each of ..ll jaws consists ot'a toothed head 18 having a central stein 1351- which is mounted in a hearing 1%: in the end oi the arm 12 by which it is carried so that there is a possibility of rocking or co1npensatory movement of the jaw with relation to the arm, and so that the jaw will draw evenly upon the chain regardless of the angular swinging movement oi? the arm by which it is carried trated ot' a ratchet har piieitally ted as at 16 upon one of the members for engagenient with a tooth 1. on the oth r memher, said ratchet bar hci disposed transversely of the handle portio s of the memhersand having the npstanmi p 18 to tacilit t" the di er ragein $601? to release the meni hers a. ias hcen fastened. G5

With a tool constructed as indicated the s of the tra nsinission chain adiaccnt to 'tfll and drawn desired or in fi m? ed tension thereof without the risl: of lWViEtdlhflff or deflect-ii the cl iin or ca inn; an unequal Fiillzt'. toerect and when the des iflzr 1. h s been secured the IllGii'llMZlS oi the I my; he in hed. to hold the parts in pic-s while the i usten- 7 5 inn; moans tor the chain are living tioned.

il ai ing descrihcd ti canned as new and useiul 1. A. tool tor tonsioninn" inder transimission cha'i. connected. nicinhers togethiu' to clicct a nosipro iect' jaws pivot f swinging nioveniet. zines our the plane oi? inrw the;

2. tool tor Pi UB- iicClii PO lWIE ll 5%. 

